Five people, including a 16-year-old Indian girl, made their first court appearance for gang-related shooting in Rapid City that forced an Indian family from their home. Gary Wright Jr., 18, Antonio Dreamer, 19, Rani Bear Heels, 16, Patrick Marshall, 18,...

"When the story on Jack Abramoff broke, it was reported that in ostensibly helping American Indian tribes to pursue gaming interests, he had defrauded at least four of them of tens of millions of dollars and had referred to his...

Tribal leaders and members gathered at the South Dakota Legislature on Tuesday for Native American Day. The event was ceremonial but was also about business. Tribal members came to lobby state lawmakers on issues like racial profiling and social services....

Tribes should be lobbying to reverse budget cuts at the Haskell Indian Nations University, the president of the National Indian Education Association said. Ryan Wilson said students representing 150 tribes attend the school. Each of the tribes should be lobbying...

The governor of Tesuque Pueblo in New Mexico is trying to get more residents to use the tribe's health and fitness center. Governor Gil Vigil says one of his main initiatives this year is to develop new health programs for...

The Hoopa Valley Tribe of California is getting support in its bid to join a county association board. In December, the Humboldt County Association of Governments board of directors deadlocked 4-4 on allowing the tribe to join. Some questioned whether...

The Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians in Wisconsin is seeking to intervene in the Oneida Nation's foreclosure case in New York. The Stockbridge-Munsee Band once lived on the Oneida Reservation in New York before being removed to Wisconsin. The tribe...

The Department of Justice is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the Cayuga land claim, The Syracuse Post-Standard reports. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the 64,000 acre claim last year, saying the Cayuga Nation of New York...

Officials of the Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma went to Washington, D.C., last week to discuss the tribe's loss of federal recognition. The tribe met with most of the Oklahoma congressional delegation, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, acting assistant secretary of...

The former chief of staff to Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Montana) confirmed that he is under investigation by the Department of Justice for his ties to Jack Abramoff, bringing the probe of the disgraced lobbyist closer to the Montana senator....

Correction: David Safavian represented the National Indian Gaming Association not the National Indian Gaming Commission. NIGC is a federal agency. Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with White House staff a "few" times since President Bush took office but a spokesperson...

The following is the text of several Jack Abramoff questions during the White House press briefing with spokesperson Scott McClellan. The entire transcript can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060117-3.html. Q Another topic, if you would. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and...

"It is a time-honored tradition to address the Indian problem by killing him-metaphorically at least, and sometimes literally-to save him. Trouble is, it has never worked and only creates pain for Native Americans. Such is the case with the plan...

Ralph Reed, the conservative Christian activist who is running for lieutenant governor in Georgia, has told a few different stories about his involvement with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff but he is sticking to his latest one. When his name...

Republican leaders outlined a series of lobbying reforms on Tuesday as Democrats prepared to announced their own proposals today. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) and House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-California) proposed a ban on privately funded travel,...

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Oregon's assisted suicide law on Tuesday, rejecting the Bush administration's attempt to punish doctors who help patients end their lives. By a 6-3 vote, the justices said the Justice Department couldn't prevent doctors from prescribing...

"As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft waited on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral to embark on a nine-and-a-half year mission to Pluto, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) took to the floor of the House of Representative to propose sending former lobbyist...